x, 278 p. ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-266) and index

1. A world turning upside down -- Another world is happening -- China threat or US threat? -- A new view from the Left -- Endless war? -- Pt. 1. The Unipolar-Multipolar Dynamics -- 2. US-China relations in the global dynamics -- US global military strategy for a unipolar world -- US strategy as China encirclement -- China's multipolar diplomacy starts to unfold -- China and the United States: historical background -- Preparing for war with China? -- Conclusion -- 3. Historical perspectives on multipolarisation -- The roots of multipolarisation -- Biopolarity and multipolarity: opportunities lost and gained -- The evolution of China's strategic outlook -- Conclusion -- 4. Manoeuvring towards multipolarity -- Assessing the post-Cold War order: the unipolar-multipolar balance -- The cooperative security approach -- Building partnerships with major powers -- Towards a new polarity? -- Conclusion -- 5. Globalisation, imperialism and multipolarisation -- Western debates on globalisation and imperialism -- Chinese strategists analyse globalisation -- The aspects of multipolarity -- China's multipolar strategy: Leninism for the twenty-first century -- 6. Promoting multipolarisation: regional organisation in Asia -- The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation -- The six-party talks on Korean denuclearisation -- China and South-East Asia: a new economic regionalisation -- Conclusion -- Pt. 2. China's Development Trajectory -- 7. Maintaining self-reliance in an interdependent world -- Self-reliance: the early stages - from Mao to Deng -- Economic reform for interdependence: diversifying the socialist economy -- The challenge from foreign monopoly capital -- Taking on the challenge: competition, regulation, globalising, innovation -- Conclusion -- 8. Development with Chinese characteristics -- The costs of rapid growth -- Towards balanced development -- The changing political landscape -- China's approach to democratisation -- Conclusion -- Pt. 3. An International Trial of Strength -- 9. Towards a new international political order -- The new multilateral international order -- China and the United Nations -- Maintaining defence: promoting nuclear disarmament -- Conclusion -- 10. Towards a new international economic order -- The question of the Sino-US trade imbalance -- The United States and China: mutual hostages? -- Managing the renminbi -- China versus the US investment bankers -- Reforming the global economic architecture -- Western dominance under challenge -- Towards a fair globalisation -- Conclusion -- 11. An international new democracy in the making -- A game of Go -- China as a nascent imperialist power? -- Towards a global progressive democratic alliance -- Looking to the future

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